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Shada : the Lost Adventure by Douglas Adams
Nov 22, 2012Veepea rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Douglas Adams originally wrote Shada for TV and once the show was scrapped, he made it into the “Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency” novel. At first, I thought that the stories of the two novels would mirror each other quite closely, but after the introductory chapters, it becomes its own story. I have read other books by author’s trying to imitate Adams’ style, and though they were good authors when writing their own books in their own way, they were rotten facsimiles. I felt that Gareth Roberts got as close to Douglas Adams’ style as possible, he understood his humour and knew how to balance it so it never went overboard. I enjoy the newer incarnations of the Doctor, so I was not very familiar with Number 4, but it didn’t really make it any harder to get into the book. I rather enjoyed this read.